Can Coloring Mandalas Reduce Anxiety? A Replication Study

Vennet, Renée van der; Serice, Susan

doi:10.1080/07421656.2012.680047

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“…In the current study, self-reported negative affect and state anxiety demonstrated a trend toward stress reduction in the experimental group in the predicted direction. These results supported the secondary hypothesis and were consistent with research that has also demonstrated a decrease in state anxiety after mandala coloring (Curry & Kasser, 2005;Sandmire et al, 2012;van der Vennet & Serice 2012). Thus, the findings showed limited support for the effectives of mandala coloring with focused breathing in reducing self-reported measures of negative affect and state anxiety.…”

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Trail and Ultrarunning: The Impact of Distance, Nature, and Personality on Flow and Well-Being

Martinez¹,

Scott²

2016

PsiChiJournal

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Trail and Ultrarunning: The Impact of Distance, Nature, and Personality on Flow and Well-Being

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Scott²

2016

PsiChiJournal

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“…Art therapy has been hypothesized to be an effective mindfulness strategy that alleviates symptoms of anxiety through cognitive easing. 14,15 Prior observational studies have shown that art therapy can reduce symptoms of anxiety in healthy university students and oncology patients in a hospital setting. [16][17][18][19] Abbing et al, 20 in their 2018 review of the effectiveness of art therapy on anxiety in adults, identified only three studies with a total of 162 patients and concluded that the small sample size and large heterogeneity within the data set made it impossible to perform a meta-analysis.…”

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Randomized Controlled Trial of Adult Therapeutic Coloring for the Management of Significant Anxiety in the Emergency Department

Rajendran

Mitra

Shahrestani

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Academic Emergency Medicine

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Background Anxiety and acute distress are significant concerns in the emergency department (ED). Adult coloring books are often utilized as an effective means of relaxation in waiting rooms and newsstands, but there are no reported randomized trials examining their effectiveness as a treatment for anxiety. Methods We set out to examine the effectiveness of adult coloring books using a randomized placebo‐controlled trial at a university‐affiliated tertiary ED. Anxiety was measured using a validated self‐reporting score, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS‐A), with a range of 0 to 21. Patients with HADS‐A ≥ 7 were randomly assigned to either an adult coloring pack (n = 26) or placebo pack (n = 27). The primary outcome measure was the within‐patient change in HADS‐A scores following 2 hours of exposure. Results A convenience sample of 117 patients were screened, and 53 patients were randomized. Characteristics of allocated groups were similar in terms of sex, diagnosis, and ethnicity. A higher proportion of intervention subjects spent ≥1 hour engaged with their activity (46.2% vs. 4.0%, p = 0.01). For the primary outcome measure, the mean within‐patient decrease in HADS‐A score at 2 hours for intervention subjects was 3.7 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.4 to 5.1, p < 0.001) versus a decrease of 0.3 (95% CI = –0.6 to 1.2, p = 0.51) in the placebo group. Conclusions Among ED patients, exposure to adult coloring books resulted in lower self‐reported levels of anxiety at 2 hours compared to placebo.

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“…GRSs are one of the best in the usual forms of rating scales, when compared to visual analog scales and other basic visual scales, because they offer a visual picture for the examinee, suggest equal distribution of intervals, and are easy to understand (Couper et al, 2006). GRSs have been shown to exceed the expected standard of 0.70 in test-retest reliability and present a reliable and valid measure for use in clinical settings to measure subjective emotions, such as anxiety, depression, and mood (Dalton & McNaull, 1998;ten Klooster et al, 2006).…”

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The Effects of the Leisure Activity of Coloring on Post-Test Anxiety in Graduate Level Occupational Therapy Students

Burton¹,

Baxter²

2019

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Background: This study examined the effects of the leisure activity of coloring on the anxiety levels of graduate level occupational therapy students after taking a high stress exam. This study also examined the effects of the leisure activity of coloring on the students' perceptions of preparedness for and performance on the exam. Method: The participants were recruited for this quantitative, pre/posttest study through a purposive convenience sample and randomly assigned to either the leisure activity or the control. A self-report assessment was used for data collection. The changes in anxiety levels were examined using a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Independent sample t-tests were performed to compare means of the change in anxiety levels, the participants' perceptions of outcomes on the previous tests, and their perceptions of preparedness for the tests. Results: The participants who participated in the leisure activity of coloring demonstrated a significantly greater reduction in anxiety levels than the participants in the control. Perceptions of performance on and preparedness for the previous tests did not differ between the groups. Conclusion: : The findings support using the leisure activity of coloring as an effective tool for the reduction of post-test anxiety in graduate level occupational therapy students. Comments The authors report they have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Can Coloring Mandalas Reduce Anxiety? A Replication Study

Cited by 97 publications

References 13 publications

Trail and Ultrarunning: The Impact of Distance, Nature, and Personality on Flow and Well-Being

Trail and Ultrarunning: The Impact of Distance, Nature, and Personality on Flow and Well-Being

Randomized Controlled Trial of Adult Therapeutic Coloring for the Management of Significant Anxiety in the Emergency Department

The Effects of the Leisure Activity of Coloring on Post-Test Anxiety in Graduate Level Occupational Therapy Students

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